Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Susan wrote:
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >
> >> DH does not spike on potatoes as long as we are using portion control.
> >> 15 to 20 grams of carbs in a portion will not bother him. He does a
> >> bolus to cover. Certain things will spike him despite an adequate
> >> bolus like rice...brown, white, short, long...matters not. Rice is a
> >> no-no.

> > We avoid high starch foods whether they spike us or not, hoping to
> > avoid excess insulinemia, too. Plus, we just don't miss them. Only
> > exception is occasionally I'll put one small Idaho with skin into
> > fauxtatoes made with a whole head of cauliflower. It really makes it
> > seem like real mashed potatoes. Tom is Irish, after all.

> The only high-starch food we eat is potato and that's because he
> tolerates them well. A dietitian once told me that the "carbohydrate
> chain" whatever that means is longer for potatoes and that's why some
> DMs can do them and not wheat-based starches.
>
> He can also handle portion-controlled sweet potato and his 14 grams net
> carb for 2 slices bread.

I've found that the only bread I can handle is one slice of dark rye or
pumpernickel and that only late in the day.

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